Oakleaf v. Frawner et al

Filing 56

SCHEDULING ORDER by Magistrate Judge Stephan M. Vidmar. Discovery terminates July 11, 2017. Pretrial Motions due by August 10, 2017. Proposed Pretrial Order due to the Court by October 10, 2017. (sg)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
JOHN OAKLEAF,
Plaintiff,1
v.

No. 15-cv-0220 RB/SMV

FNU FRAWNER and FNU IBRAHIM,
Defendants.
SCHEDULING ORDER
THIS MATTER is before the Court on a telephonic Rule 16 scheduling conference, held
on December 13, 2016.

The parties’ Joint Status Report and Provisional Discovery Plan

[Doc. 51] is adopted, except as modified below.
In accordance with the Civil Justice Expense and Delay Reduction Plan adopted in
compliance with the Civil Justice Reform Act, and pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C. § 473(a)(1), this
case is assigned to a “complex” (210-day) track classification.
Plaintiff shall be allowed until February 1, 2017, to join additional parties and amend the
pleadings (in compliance with the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)). Defendants shall be
allowed until February 15, 2017, to join additional parties and amend the pleadings (in
compliance with the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)).
The parties must disclose every expert witness who is expected to testify, even if the
expert is not required to submit an expert report.

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See Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B)–(C);

Plaintiff identifies as female and prefers the name Julie Marie Oakleaf. [Doc. 1]. Accordingly, the Court will refer
to Plaintiff as “she” or “her.”

D.N.M.LR-Civ. 26.3(b).2 Plaintiff shall identify to all parties in writing any expert witness to be
used by Plaintiff at trial and provide expert reports pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B) or
summary disclosures under Rule 26(a)(2)(C)3 no later than May 12, 2017. All other parties shall
identify in writing any expert witness to be used by such parties at trial and provide expert
reports pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B) or summary disclosures under Rule 26(a)(2)(C) no
later than June 12, 2017. Rebuttal experts disclosed pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(D)(ii)
shall be disclosed within 30 days after the other party’s disclosure.
The termination date for discovery is July 11, 2017, and discovery shall not be reopened,
nor shall case management deadlines be modified, except by an order of the Court upon a
showing of good cause. This deadline shall be construed to require that discovery be completed
on or before the above date. Service of interrogatories, requests for production, and requests for
admission shall be considered timely only if the responses are due prior to the deadline. A notice
to take deposition shall be considered timely only if the deposition takes place prior to the
deadline. The pendency of dispositive motions shall not stay discovery.
The parties shall be permitted 25 requests for production by each party to any other party.
The Court will not limit the number of requests for admission served by each party at this time.
The parties shall be permitted 12 depositions per side—that is, 12 depositions by Plaintiff and

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See also Blodgett v. United States, No. 2:06-CV-00565 DAK, 2008 WL 1944011, at *5 (D. Utah May 1, 2008).

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Summary disclosures are, under certain circumstances, required of treating physicians. Farris v. Intel Corp., 493
F. Supp. 2d 1174, 1180 (D.N.M. 2007) (Treating physicians who do not submit Rule 26 expert reports may only
testify “based on . . . personal knowledge and observations obtained during [the] course of care and treatment[.]”);
Blodgett, 2008 WL 1944011, at *5 (“[T]reating physicians not disclosed as experts are limited to testimony based on
personal knowledge and may not testify beyond their treatment of a patient.”).

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12 depositions by Defendants (collectively). Depositions of parties and experts are limited to
seven hours on the record, unless the parties agree otherwise. All other depositions are limited to
four hours on the record, unless the parties agree otherwise.
Motions relating to discovery shall be filed with the Court and served on opposing parties
by July 31, 2017.

See D.N.M.LR-Civ. 7 for motion practice requirements and timing of

responses and replies. This deadline shall not be construed to extend the 21-day time limit in
D.N.M.LR-Civ. 26.6 (Party served with objection to discovery request must file motion to
compel within 21 days of service of objection. Failure to file motion within 21 days constitutes
acceptance of the objection.).
Pretrial motions, other than discovery motions, shall be filed with the Court and served
on opposing parties by August 10, 2017.

See D.N.M.LR-Civ. 7 for motion practice

requirements and timing of responses and replies. Any pretrial motions, other than discovery
motions, filed after the above dates shall, in the discretion of the Court, be considered untimely.
If documents are attached as exhibits to motions, affidavits or briefs, those parts of the
exhibits that counsel want to bring to the attention of the Court must be highlighted in
accordance with D.N.M.LR-Civ. 10.6.
Counsel are directed to file a consolidated final Pretrial Order as follows: Plaintiff to
Defendants on or before September 25, 2017; Defendants to Court on or before October 10,
2017.
Counsel are directed that the Pretrial Order will provide that no witnesses except rebuttal
witnesses whose testimony cannot be anticipated, will be permitted to testify unless the name of
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the witness is furnished to the Court and opposing counsel no later than 30 days prior to the time
set for trial. Any exceptions thereto must be upon order of the Court for good cause shown.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

______________________________
STEPHAN M. VIDMAR
United States Magistrate Judge

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